• Source: 2018 in table tennis

This page lists notable table tennis events taking place in 2018.




World table tennis events


Senior
February 22 – 25: 2018 ITTF Team World Cup in London
Men: China (Xu Xin, Ma Long, & Fan Zhendong)
Women: China (Liu Shiwen, Ding Ning, & Zhu Yuling)
April 29 – May 6: 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Halmstad
Men: China (Fan Zhendong, Lin Gaoyuan, Ma Long, Wang Chuqin, & Xu Xin)
Women: China (Chen Meng, Ding Ning, Liu Shiwen, Wang Manyu, & Zhu Yuling)
September 28 – 30: 2018 ITTF Women's World Cup in Chengdu
Ding Ning defeated Zhu Yuling, 4–0, to win her third World Cup title.
Cheng I-ching took third place.
October 19 – 21: 2018 ITTF Men's World Cup in Paris
Fan Zhendong defeated Timo Boll, 4–1, to win his second World Cup title.
Lin Gaoyuan took third place.
Junior and cadet
October 23 – 31: 2018 World Cadet Challenge in Tottori
Cadet boys' singles: ZENG Beixun
Cadet girls' singles: KUAI Man
Cadet boys' doubles: Japan (Sora Matsushima & Yuma Tanigaki)
Cadet girls' doubles: Japan (Honami Nakamori & Hikari Okubo)
Cadet mixed doubles: Iulian Chirita & Yukari Sugasawa
December 2–9: 2018 World Junior Table Tennis Championships in Bendigo
Junior boys' singles: XU Haidong
Junior girls' singles: QIAN Tianyi
Junior boys' doubles: China (XIANG Peng & XU Haidong)
Junior girls' doubles: China (HUANG Fanzhen & SHI Xunyao)
Junior mixed doubles: China (XU Yingbin & SHI Xunyao)




Continental table tennis championships






= Africa (TT)

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Senior
March 1–3: 2018 ITTF African Cup in Nairobi
Men: Omar Assar defeated Quadri Aruna, to win his first ITTF African Cup title.
Ahmed Saleh took third place.
Women: Dina Meshref defeated Sarah Hanffou, to win her second ITTF African Cup title.
Offiong Edem took third place.
September 3–9: 2018 ITTF African Table Tennis Championships in Port Louis
Men's singles: Quadri Aruna
Women's singles: Dina Meshref
Men's doubles: Egypt (Youssef Abdel-Aziz & Khalid Assar)
Women's doubles: Egypt (Farah Abdel-Aziz & Reem El-Eraky)
Mixed doubles: Egypt (Ahmed Saleh & Dina Meshref)
Junior and cadet
March 24–25: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - Africa in Soliman
Four players to compete in Buenos Aires 2018 YOG: Yu Khinhang, Amin Ahmadian, Tatiana Kukulkova, & Sabina Šurjan
April 7–13: 2018 African Junior and Cadet Championships in Abidjan




= Americas (TT)

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Senior
March 4–8: 2018 Latin American Senior Championships in Havana
Men's singles: Eric Jouti
Women's singles: Bruna Takahashi
Men's doubles: Cuba (Andy Pereira & Jorge Campos)
Women's doubles: Chile (Paulina Vega & Judith Morales)
Mixed doubles: Brazil (Eric Jouti & Gui Lin)
June 15–17: 2018 ITTF Pan-America Cup in Asunción
Men's singles: Hugo Calderano
Women's singles: Zhang Mo
November 20–25: 2018 Pan American Table Tennis Championships in Santiago
Men's singles: Kanak Jha
Women's singles: Adriana Díaz
Men's doubles: Brazil (Vitor Ishiy & Eric Jouti)
Women's doubles: Canada (Alicia Cote & Zhang Mo)
Mixed doubles: Puerto Rico (Brian Afanador & Adriana Díaz)
Junior and cadet
February 20–23: 2018 Central American U15/U18 in San Salvador

March 21–25: 2018 South American U15/U18 in Santiago

April 14–15: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - Latin America in Asunción
Four players that have qualified to compete in Buenos Aires 2018 YOG: Matteo Mutti, Yanapong Panagitgun, Jamila Laurenti, & Goi Rui Xuan
June 1–2: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - North America in Markham
Four players that have qualified to compete in Buenos Aires 2018 YOG: Kim Song Gun, Cédric Meissner, Pyon Song Gyong, & Franziska Schreiner
July 10–15: 2018 Pan American Junior Table Tennis Championships in Santo Domingo
Junior boys' singles: Kanak Jha
Junior girls' singles: Adriana Diaz
Junior boys' doubles: United States (Sharon Alguetti & Kanak Jha)
Junior girls' doubles: United States (Rachel Sung & Rachel Yang)
Junior mixed doubles: United States (Sharon Alguetti & Crystal Wang)
Junior boys' Team: United States (Kanak Jha, Nikhil Kumar, Sharon Alguetti & Nikolas Tio)
Junior girls' Team: United States (Amy Wang, Crystal Wang, Rachel Sung & Rachel Yang)




= Asia (TT)

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Senior
April 6–8: 2018 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup in Yokohama
Winners: Fan Zhendong (m) / Zhu Yuling (f)
Junior and cadet
May 7–8: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - Asia in Bangkok
Four players qualified to compete at Buenos Aires 2018: Javen Choong, Manav Vikash Thakkar, Choi Hae-eun, & Andrea Pavlovic




= Europe (TT)

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Senior
February 3–4: 2018 Europe Top 16 Cup in Montreux
Men: Timo Boll defeated Dimitrij Ovtcharov, 4–0 (13–11, 11–6, 11–3, 11–6), to win his sixth Europe Top 16 Cup title.
Jonathan Groth took third place.
Women: Bernadette Szőcs defeated Li Jie, 4–1 (12–10, 8–11, 11–6, 11–5, 11–7), to win her first Europe Top 16 Cup title.
Elizabeta Samara took third place.
September 18–23: 2018 European Table Tennis Championships in Alicante
singles winners: Timo Boll (m) / Li Qian (f)
doubles winners: Austria (Daniel Habesohn & Robert Gardos) (m) / Germany (Nina Mittelham & Kristin Lang) (f)
Mixed doubles winners: Germany (Ruwen Filus & Han Ying)
U-21, Junior and cadet
February 12–13: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - Europe in Hodonín
Boys that qualified to compete in Buenos Aires 2018 YOG: Bastian Rembert and Cristian Pletea
Girls that qualified to compete in Buenos Aires 2018 YOG: Andreea Dragoman and Lee Ka Yee
March 8–11: 2018 European Under-21 Table Tennis Championships in Minsk
Men's singles: Tomas Polansky
Women's singles: Mariia Tailakova
Men's doubles: Turkey (Ibrahim Gündüz & Abdullah Yigenler)
Women's doubles: Solomiya Brateyko & Natalia Bajor
July 15–24: 2018 Table Tennis European Youth Championships in Cluj-Napoca
boys' singles: Ioannis Sgouropoulos
girls' singles: Ning Jing
boys' doubles: Russia (Lev Katsman & Maksim Grebnev)
girls' doubles: Anastasia Kolish & Lucie Gauthier




= Oceania (TT)

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Senior
March 15–19: 2018 Oceania Championships in Gold Coast, Queensland
Men's singles: Chris Yan
Women's singles: Jian Fang Lay
Men's doubles: Australia (Hu Heming & Chris Yan)
Women's doubles: Australia (Michelle Bromley & Melissa Tapper)
Mixed doubles: Australia (Chris Yan & Jian Fang Lay)
May 18–19: 2018 ITTF-Oceania Cup in Port Vila
Men's singles: Hu Heming
Women's singles: Jian Fang Lay
Junior and cadet
June 1–2: 2018 ITTF-Oceania Junior Championships in Rarotonga
Junior boys' singles: Benjamin Gould
Junior girls' singles: VONG Hui-Ling
Cadet boys' singles: Nathan Xu
Cadet girls' singles: ZHOU Jiayi
June 8–9: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - Oceania in Rarotonga
Qualified to compete in Buenos Aires 2018 YOG: Pang Yew En Koen & Archana Girish Kamath




2018 ITTF World Tour


World Tour Platinum events
March 8 – 11: 2018 Qatar Open in Doha
Men's Singles: Fan Zhendong
Women's Singles: Liu Shiwen
Men's Doubles: China (Fan Zhendong & Xu Xin)
Women's Doubles: China (CHEN Ke & Wang Manyu)
March 23 – 25: 2018 German Open in Bremen
Men's Singles: Ma Long
Women's Singles: Kasumi Ishikawa
Men's Doubles: China (Ma Long & Xu Xin)
Women's Doubles: Japan (Hina Hayata & Mima Ito)
May 31 – June 3: 2018 China Open in Shenzhen
Men's Singles: Ma Long
Women's Singles: Wang Manyu
Men's Doubles: China (Fan Zhendong & Lin Gaoyuan)
Women's Doubles: China (Ding Ning & Zhu Yuling)
July 19 – 22: 2018 Korea Open in Daejeon
Men's Singles: JANG Woo-jin
Women's Singles: Zhu Yuling
Men's Doubles: South Korea (JANG Woo-jin & LIM Jong-hoon)
Women's Doubles: China (Chen Meng & Ding Ning)
July 26 – 29: 2018 Australian Open in Geelong
Men's Singles: Xu Xin
Women's Singles: Liu Shiwen
Men's Doubles: South Korea (Jung Young-sik & Lee Sang-su)
Women's Doubles: Japan (Hina Hayata & Mima Ito)
November 8 – 11: Austrian Open (final) in Linz
Men's Singles: Liang Jingkun
Women's Singles: Chen Meng
Men's Doubles: Japan (Masataka Morizono & Yuya Oshima)
Women's Doubles: Japan (Hina Hayata & Mima Ito)
World Tour events
January 18 – 21: 2018 Hungarian Open in Budapest
Men's Singles: Fan Zhendong
Women's Singles: Wang Manyu
Men's Doubles: China (Fan Zhendong & YU Ziyang)
Women's Doubles: China (CHEN Xingtong & SUN Yingsha)
May 24 – 27: 2018 Hong Kong Open in Hong Kong
Men's Singles: Kazuhiro Yoshimura
Women's Singles: Wang Manyu
Men's Doubles: Hong Kong (Ho Kwan Kit & Wong Chun Ting)
Women's Doubles: China (CHEN Xingtong & SUN Yingsha)
June 8 – 10: 2018 Japan Open in Kitakyushu
Men's Singles: Tomokazu Harimoto
Women's Singles: Mima Ito
Men's Doubles: South Korea (Jung Young-sik & Lee Sang-su)
Women's Doubles: China (Gu Yuting & Mu Zi)
August 16 – 19: 2018 Bulgaria Open in Panagyurishte
Men's Singles: Xu Xin
Women's Singles: Ding Ning
Men's Doubles: China (Ma Long & Xu Xin)
Women's Doubles: Japan (Kasumi Ishikawa & Mima Ito)
August 23 – 26: 2018 Czech Open in Olomouc
Men's Singles: ZHENG Peifeng
Women's Singles: Kasumi Ishikawa
Men's Doubles: Patrick Franziska & Jonathan Groth
Women's Doubles: China (Liu Gaoyang & Zhang Rui)
November 1 – 4: Swedish Open (final) in Stockholm
Men's Singles: Fan Zhendong
Women's Singles: Mima Ito
Men's Doubles: Chinese Taipei (LIAO Cheng-Ting & LIN Yun-Ju)
Women's Doubles: China (CHEN Xingtong & SUN Yingsha)
Grand Finals
December 13 – 16: 2018 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in Incheon
Men's Singles: Tomokazu Harimoto
Women's Singles: Chen Meng
Men's Doubles: South Korea (JANG Woo-jin & LIM Jong-hoon)
Women's Doubles: Japan (Hina Hayata & Mima Ito)
Mixed Doubles: Hong Kong (Wong Chun Ting & Doo Hoi Kem




2018 ITTF Challenge Series


March 13 – 17: Polish Open in Spała
Men's Singles: LIM Jong-hoon
Women's Singles: Yang Ha-eun
Men's Doubles: South Korea (Jung Young-sik & Lee Sang-su)
Women's Doubles: South Korea (Jeon Ji-hee & Yang Ha-eun)
March 28 – April 1: Spanish Open in Guadalajara
Men's Singles: KIM Min-hyeok
Women's Singles: Saki Shibata
Men's Doubles: South Korea (AN Jae-hyun & CHO Seung-min)
Women's Doubles: Japan (Honoka Hashimoto & Hitomi Satō)
April 2 – 6: Slovenia Open in Otočec
Men's Singles: Mizuki Oikawa
Women's Singles: Miyu Kato
Men's Doubles: Poland (Marek Badowski & Patryk Zatowka)
Women's Doubles: Hong Kong (NG Wing Nam & Minnie Wai-Yam SOO)
April 10 – 14: Croatia Open in Zagreb
Men's Singles: Panagiotis Gionis
Women's Singles: Saki Shibata
Men's Doubles: Hungary (Adam Szudi & Nandor Ecseki)
Women's Doubles: Japan (Honoka Hashimoto & Hitomi Satō)
May 16 – 20: Thailand Open in Bangkok
Men's Singles: XU Ruifeng
Women's Singles: Liu Shiwen
Men's Doubles: Germany (Tobias Hippler & Kilian Ort)
Women's Doubles: Thailand (Orawan Paranang & Suthasini Sawettabut)
June 13 – 17: DPR Korea Open in Pyongyang
Men's Singles: PAK Sin-hyok
Women's Singles: Kim Song-i
Men's Doubles: China (JI Jiale & LIU Yebo)
Women's Doubles: North Korea (CHA Hyo-sim & KIM Nam-hae)
August 8 – 12: Nigeria Open in Lagos
Men's Singles: Quadri Aruna
Women's Singles: Guo Yan
Men's Doubles: France (Alexandre Robinot & Joe Seyfried)
Women's Doubles: China (QI Fenjie & SUN Chen)
October 23 – 27: Belgium Open in De Haan
Men's Singles: PARK Gang-hyeon
Women's Singles: Saki Shibata
Men's Doubles: South Korea (AN Jae-hyun & CHO Seung-min)
Women's Doubles: Japan (Satsuki Odo & Saki Shibata)
November 13 – 18: Belarus Open (final) in Minsk
Men's Singles: ZHAO Zihao
Women's Singles: Saki Shibata
Men's Doubles: Japan (Kakeru Sone & Yuta Tanaka)
Women's Doubles: Japan (Satsuki Odo & Saki Shibata)




2018 ITTF World Junior Circuit


Golden Series events
May 9 – 13: Thailand Junior & Cadet Open in Bangkok

July 4 – 8: China Junior & Cadet Open in Taicang

August 1 – 5: Hong Kong Junior & Cadet Open in Hong Kong

August 22 – 26: Chinese Taipei Junior & Cadet Open (final) in Taipei

Premium events
February 7 – 11: Oman Junior & Cadet Open in Muscat

February 14 – 18: Czech Junior & Cadet Open in Hodonín

March 21 – 25: Italy Junior & Cadet Open in Lignano

April 25 – 29: French Junior & Cadet Open in Metz

May 23 – 27: Polish Junior & Cadet Open in Władysławowo

September 12 – 16: Croatia Junior & Cadet Open in Varaždin

November 7 – 11: Hungarian Junior & Cadet Open (final) in Szombathely

Regular events
February 21 – 25: Swedish Junior & Cadet Open in Örebro

March 19 – 23: Tunisia Junior & Cadet Open in Soliman

April 1 – 5: Côte d'Ivoire Junior & Cadet Open in Abidjan

April 9 – 13: Paraguay Junior & Cadet Open in Asunción

April 18 – 22: Belgium Junior & Cadet Open in Spa

May 9 – 13: Spanish Junior & Cadet Open in Castell-Platja d'Aro

May 17 – 20: Slovak Junior Open in Senec

May 28 – 31: Canada Junior & Cadet Open in Markham, Ontario

June 4 – 7: Cook Islands Junior & Cadet Open in Rarotonga

July 25 – 29: Jordan Junior & Cadet Open in Amman

August 15 – 19: El Salvador Junior & Cadet Open in San Salvador

September 19 – 23: Serbia Junior & Cadet Open in Belgrade

October 24 – 28: Egypt Junior & Cadet Open in Sharm El Sheikh

November 2 – 4: Slovak Cadet Open in Bratislava
Cadet Boys' Singles: CHEN Yifei
Cadet Girls' Singles: XU Yi
Cadet Boys' Doubles: China (NIU Zeqian & ZHANG Jinghan)
Cadet Girls' Doubles: China (SUN Xiaomeng & XU Yi)
November 27 – 30: Portugal Junior & Cadet Open (final) Guimarães




See also


International Table Tennis Federation
2018 in sports




References






External links


International Table Tennis Federation
European Table Tennis Union
Asian Table Tennis Union

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